From Boys Town to Barn Burning! It Was a Good Week of Training! Recap

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I’m sure you had a busy week!  I know I did.  It was a holiday week with Monday being Memorial Day for us here in the US.  Traditionally that means some down time or BBQ in the back yard.  Not so much when you start training for a marathon.  I have 17 weeks until the Omaha event and I want to hit that 4 hour goal that I have yet to make.  That means running…a lot of running! It started Monday with the Boys Town 5 mile run.  The weather was great and course was a challenge.  It was the

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2010 Omaha Heart Walk / Papillion Half Marathon

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Omaha Heart Walk It not often that I get two major fitness events in the same weekend.  It couldn’t have been better! Saturday was the 2010 Omaha Heart Walk that raised money for the American Heart Association.  I have never done a charity event like this before so it was kind of a new adventure.  Our team raise over $1100 and had 8 walkers join us on the 4 mile trek from the Con Agra campus, through and around the Gallup campus and finish by looping back around the Qwest Center in downtown Omaha.  There were a ton of walkers

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Guest Spot on The Media Center Show #256

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I had the opportunity last week to sit down with Ian Dixon from the The Media Center Show and talk with him about the Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center.  We also discussed Windows Home Server Vail, Windows Home Server addins and using WHS and Windows Media Center together. Ian a podcast, blog and media site at http://thedigitallifestyle.com.  We had a great time doing the podcast and I hope you will enjoy it too! You can listen here http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/TDL/b/podcast/archive/2010/05/13/the-media-center-show-256-jim-collison.aspx

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Bellevue Runway Run Recap and Official Race Results: May 9, 2010

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If waking up late (like 45 minutes before the race) because you sleep through your alarm, is a new formula for running fast, I’ll be late for every race (thanks for the phone call Sara and Michelle).  Despite cooler than normal temps and an early start (7:00 am), I had the race of my life today.  At one point I thought I was still in bed dreaming.  More on that in a second. This Bellevue Runway run may be the best kept secret in Nebraska running.  This is the third year now for the event, and it is still only

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